RoadRunner Residence
300 Beardsley Ln b100, Austin, Texas, United States – North Arrow Studio Project Year : 2014 Developed Area : 426 m2 ( 4600.0 ft2 ) Photographs : Chase Daniel Seemingly isolated by the surrounding trees, the RoadRunner Residence shows what most of us want in a home – relaxing, quiet and simple. This modern home […]
Where do you start
To begin a design, start with the big picture. Prioritise your needs, desires and would-be-nice-to-haves. Establish either a set of design parameters that must be fulfilled or a budget that must not be exceeded; ie. either you want your dream home or you want to work to a budget…the two seldom match so one or […]
Starting a design – the site
Andrew Webb, Principal at WD Architects Rather than give quick generalisations or ‘design tips’ as such, I would like to firstly lay the groundwork of understanding of the issues – It is virtually impossible to design anything if you don’t understand what the parameters are. I can get to ‘design tips’ in later posts or […]
More on Site Selection
Andrew Webb, Principal at WD Architects Apart from it being somewhere you like and can afford, here are some things that affect construction costs and design opportunities: Soil stability and classification Poor soil means that your footings and foundations will be large, deep and expensive before the building is even out of the ground. It […]
Design – what’s the goal?
Andrew Webb, Principal at WD Architects Having read a couple of articles from the professional architecture media yesterday, it struck me that I am committed to and passionate about two related concepts that very few people understand with any complexity. Unfortunately, it appears from these articles as well as some of the recent award winners […]
Form follows you
Andrew Webb, Principal at WD Architects Author Justin Cronin, in a 2006 lecture about fiction writing, makes the distinction between form and “its cheesy cousin, form-ula.” I find it useful to understand the distinction as it applies just as well to building design. Form is the framework for ordering the space whereas formula is a […]
